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Anyone taking Mirtazapine? Is it working for you? Any side effects?

Posted by cmarts @cmarts, Mar 4, 2025

Has anyone been taking Mirtazapine? Like to know if they have taken themselves off and how did you do it?

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kittyjohnson1964 | @kittyjohnson1964 | 1 day ago
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@armardi373 hi not rage but did feel weird and almost poisoned by aftertaste and dry mouth feeling groggy. I am just trying to stay off it but struggling even after only 3 months. Started 7.5 went up to 15 for a month but felt very Anxious and panicky - tapered back down to 7.5 then 3.75 stopped three nights ago but can’t sleep more than four hours and have hot skin flashes. Don’t want to return to it but GP does recommend at least six months and said I was stopping against medical advice. It’s a very potent antihistamine drug certainly you out but I don’t want to feel so drugged

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@hoping25
Your GP needs to listen to his patients. Thats crazy telling you to stsy on it for 6 months when you have serious side effects. Tell him to go on it and suffer through the side effects for 6 months. It makes me so angry to hear that this happened to you. I couldn't take it either because of the same reason.I got off myself. Take care and get a new GP. God Bless

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hoping25 | @hoping25 | 1 day ago
In reply to @kittyjohnson1964 "@hoping25 Your GP needs to listen to his patients. Thats crazy telling you to stsy on..." + (show)
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@hoping25
Your GP needs to listen to his patients. Thats crazy telling you to stsy on it for 6 months when you have serious side effects. Tell him to go on it and suffer through the side effects for 6 months. It makes me so angry to hear that this happened to you. I couldn't take it either because of the same reason.I got off myself. Take care and get a new GP. God Bless

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@kittyjohnson1964 hi thanks for replying. Yes I now feel that unless I take the medication I will not get any support from the surgery.
I have had mixed symptoms this week after stopping it on Monday but I want to see it through!. Sleep is now the main issue

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phobson | @phobson | 1 day ago
In reply to @dennismm "You take 10mg I see. Well I’m on 45mg every night, does nothing." + (show)
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You take 10mg I see.
Well I’m on 45mg every night, does nothing.

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@dennismm I just want to say that in my experience mind and every brain in each individual can work differently. If what you're taking isn't helping with your problem you must talk to your doctor. We have to take control of our health these days especially.

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mitch4444 | @mitch4444 | 2 hours ago
In reply to @kittyjohnson1964 "@hoping25 Your GP needs to listen to his patients. Thats crazy telling you to stsy on..." + (show)
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@hoping25
Your GP needs to listen to his patients. Thats crazy telling you to stsy on it for 6 months when you have serious side effects. Tell him to go on it and suffer through the side effects for 6 months. It makes me so angry to hear that this happened to you. I couldn't take it either because of the same reason.I got off myself. Take care and get a new GP. God Bless

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@kittyjohnson1964
No one knows your body as well as you do. Always remember doctors do NOT have lived experience with the disease. They go by the medical books. If you give a medication a good try and it doesn’t work stop and say I want something else. Not every patient responds the same way. Good luck 😀

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